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Riverside is enjoying a booming restaurant business.  The first to open recently was Canton Chinese, on University Avenue, on January 11, 2011.   In the weeks that followed three more restaurants opened.
Mazz Barr and Grill is located in the Riverside Plaza, and was developed by Ray Garcia, Sr., a former executive at […]

California is joining six other states and restricting the use of credit reports in making hiring and other personnel decisions.

Tesco, the parent company of Fresh and Easy grocery stores, has issued its first ever profit warning.
The news sending shares in the British grocers tumbling on fears the world’s third-biggest retailer would launch a price war to fight back from its worst Christmas in decades.
The company’s California headquarters is based in Riverside.
Related news: Fresh & […]

The battle for the living room continues as television makers at the Consumer Electronics Show unveil thinner, bigger, and smarter flat panel TVs, with upgrades to visual technology.

U.S. non-farm payroll numbers came in stronger than expected in December with 200,000 new jobs added to the economy.

The City of Redlands reports that the latest quarterly sales tax revenue figures are up 4.7 percent.
Tax receipts for sales from April to June 2011 were up 4.7 percent over the same quarter last year.
Actual sales activity in Redlands during the period from April to June 2011 rose 7.2 percent over last year, according to […]

A solar storm could knock out satellites and disrupt GPS, phone service, power and even the internet. It could produce magnificent aurorae.
The sun could cause serious problems with electronic devices as we enter the new year.

Toyota launches world’s most fuel-efficient hybrid, the Aqua, that it says will cover 35.4 km per liter of fuel.  That’s over 80 mpg!  No announcement yet of a launch date in the U.S.

U.S shoppers head out to stores looking for bargains after the Christmas holiday.
Related news: Several Sears and K-Mart stores to be closed.